1. There are few sandy beaches in Washington, but over the long weekend we went to Ocean Shores and the sand stretched as far are you coul...

A really great experience is to see the salmon returning home to spawn. Here in Seattle we think about salmon all the time and it is amazin...

This is my friend Sarah and I at our "graduation". How do you like our caps?  Sarah has opened a whole new world to me, I had no...

Something I love about spring is the flowers,  Growing up in a cold part of Canada, little crocuses bursting up, even through snow was a su...

Any botanists out there? After soccer - C (of course) found this berry/seed pack/fruit...Any ideas? It is quite beautiful and pretty - not t...

Spotted on our walk, this yard had several of these! ENORMOUS!! and in the country they say the city is a concrete jungle...more like a flow...

Thanks for all the great acorn ideas - I can't wait to try them out (we have quite a stash). So if I was a squirrel and found out some ...

What is it about acorns? I think it might be their dapper hats, but something about these seeds are so cool. We have been collecting...many...

As we approached Lake Sylvia, C said, "I hope I find something cool today. My friends and even their moms and dads tell me I always fin...

A hot summer day and the blueberries are ripe, practically falling off the bushes. The picture of C top right is while we were weighing in ...

What do you take when you go for a hike? I found some really great examples of field bags out there - http://www.heywoodsmeadow.com/ blog/sh...

This is a great hiking loop, with lots of "side climbs" and "explores" as my kids call them. The main trail passes bea...

Today we had a forest-y trail at Schafer State Park near Satsop, WA. It was cloudy and lightly raining on and off. Being in the Northwest ...

Our first hiking club meeting of the summer was a big success - the weather was on our side with clear sunny skies and no wind, We choose a...

So we got to visit my sister and she got out some of her personal collection of rocks and fossils, it was like a private museum with a knowl...